Lighter Side of the News (Jul. 21, 2023) by HallR

Champion(s):

alamble


Runner(s)-Up:

GoodmanDL
A genius is someone like Norman Einstein...


Quiz Description

Quiz - #22-02

Full Results:

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1 alamble 446 95 15
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2 GoodmanDL 365 87 00
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3 helene 349 79 15
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4 CoenM 328 70 15
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5 griffism 292 62 15
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6 DouglasLovesVixey 291 54 15
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7 HoH 209 45 00
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8 LynchT 162 37 00
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9 KPope 154 29 00
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10 DFisher 123 20 00
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11 SokolM 113 12 15
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12 JCEurovision 105 4 00
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Questions:

Last Sunday afternoon, King Felipe VI of Spain was present in what major CITY?

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London

What six-letter fictional name fills-in the blank in this recent headline from Looper: "Mission Impossible 7- Who is 'The ______'? Dead Reckoning's Evil A.I. Explained"?

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Entity

Theseus and Hippolyta are two of the characters in what play that is currently in production at the Utah Shakespeare Festival?

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Multiple choice. With regard to a certain event concluding this weekend, give the option (letter) in this image associated with the individual recognized as "Best Climber"?

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B

Tim Ballard is a real life person who is the subject of what currently playing film?

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Sound of Freedom

A new episode of the reality competition television series "Claim to Fame" will air this Monday night. What network broadcasts "Claim to Fame"?

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ABC

What COLOR fills-in the blank in this recent headline from Billboard: "Lil Uzi Vert Scores Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With '____ Tape"?

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Pink

What R&B musical group has been redacted in this recent image?

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Commodores

The television miniseries "Full Circle", directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Claire Danes, was released this month. "Full Circle" is available on what streaming service?

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Max

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Weekend Matchups". Here we go. 50/50 tossup. The Tom Aspinall vs. Marcin Tybura heavyweight fight is this Saturday night. The two men are competing in what sport: Boxing or MMA (Mixed Martial Arts)?

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MMA

In honor of a another kind of anticipated matchup taking place this weekend, answer: How old (in years) was physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer on the day that Mattel, Inc. introduced the first Barbie doll? (accept within 3 years)

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54 (accept 51 to 57)

On this week's episode of the "Unspooled" podcast, the hosts discussed the 2007 film "There Will Be Blood". The iTunes summary of this episode mentions what type of beverage?

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Milkshake